Helium Report
i5labs started working with Helium Report at the beginning of this month. They are the premier guide to destination clubs, a luxury vacation home option for the well-to-do. We'll be integrating Ruby on Rails into their website, from basic forms, to content management and e-commerce.
What's interesting for me, is that this was the first time (to my knowledge) that I've been pitted against offshore firms. i5labs bid against a firm in Bangalore, and one in China. While we are the more expensive option, they were looking for immediacy, the ability to turn on a dime, and spending less time in the QA cycle. Additionally, I spent a lot of time on the ground with them doing pre-sales work, as opposed to being just a technical vendor, to help them understand the more technical aspects of web marketing, and bring them support from that angle.
